2, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. A C18 Town house.
2, High Street
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- Town house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 2 High Street is a town house from the 18th century, part of a row of buildings. It is constructed from local stone that has been rendered and color-washed, with painted stone dressings and red brick facings. The roof is made of Welsh slate and is hipped at the east end. The building stands three storeys tall and features a symmetrical facade with three bays, where the center bay projects slightly.
The ground floor has three shopfronts from the 19th century. The shopfront in the second bay includes two semi-circular arched lights on either side of a pair of glazed doors, which are topped with arched fanlights. This is framed by half-round Doric pilasters and matching outer flat pilasters that support an entablature fascia with an open pediment above the doorway. Above this, there is a brick panel with stone quoins featuring a Venetian window on the first floor, which has 8 and 15-pane sash windows with a traceried central head flanked by fluted Ionic columns. Above this are two 6-pane sash windows set in double keystoned architraved surrounds, and the bay is crowned with a dentilled cornice and pediment.
The first and third bays have 19th-century shopfronts with two 9-pane windows flanking glazed doors with fanlights, supported by slim wood pilasters and a coved fascia. Above these shopfronts are a 12-pane and a 6-pane sash window in double-keystoned architraves, under a dentilled cornice but without a parapet. The facade is reminiscent of the style of Nathaniel Ireson. Historically, the building served as a saddler's shop in the late 19th century and also housed the Post Office. After being derelict for nearly 20 years, the interior was rebuilt and the facade was restored in the late 1970s.
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